diff --git a/colors b/colors
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+# Less colors
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'       # begin blinking
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;38;5;74m'  # begin bold
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'           # end mode
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'           # end standout-mode
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'           # end underline
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[04;38;5;146m' # begin underline
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[38;5;246m'    # begin standout-mode - info box (This stops hilighting from working properly.)
+
+if [[ -x `which lesspipe.sh` ]]; then
+        export LESS="-R -M --shift 5"                               
+        export LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
+        export LESSCOLOR=1
+fi
diff --git a/help b/help
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+# From https://raw.github.com/mattfoster/zshkit/master/03_help
+# See From Bash to Z Shell,  Page: 101 
+if [[ $(whence -v run-help) == 'run-help is a shell function' ]]; then
+        unalias run-help
+fi
+autoload -Uz run-help
+# From zsh-helpfiles (see fink)
+alias help=run-help
+
+# From zsh-lovers
+# Function Usage: doc packagename
+
+# We can only easily use one documentation directory, so
+# these are in priority order
+docdirs=(/sw/share/doc /usr/local/share/doc /usr/share/doc)
+
+foreach dir ($docdirs) {
+   if [[ -d $dir ]] then
+       doc() { cd $dir/$1 && ls }
+       gdoc() { cd $dir/$1 && $EDITOR . }
+       _doc() { _files -W $dir -/ }
+       break
+   fi
+}
+
+# provide useful information on globbing
+H-Glob() {
+     echo -e "
+     /      directories
+     .      plain files
+     @      symbolic links
+     =      sockets
+     p      named pipes (FIFOs)
+     *      executable plain files (0100)
+     %      device files (character or block special)
+     %b     block special files
+     %c     character special files
+     r      owner-readable files (0400)
+     w      owner-writable files (0200)
+     x      owner-executable files (0100)
+     A      group-readable files (0040)
+     I      group-writable files (0020)
+     E      group-executable files (0010)
+     R      world-readable files (0004)
+     W      world-writable files (0002)
+     X      world-executable files (0001)
+     s      setuid files (04000)
+     S      setgid files (02000)
+     t      files with the sticky bit (01000)
+     print *(m-1)          # List files modified today.
+     print *(a1)           # List files accessed one day ago.
+     print *(@)            # Print links.
+     print *(Lk+50)        # List files > 50 Kilobytes.
+     print *(Lk-50)        # List files < 50 Kilobytes.
+     print **/*.c          # Recursively list all c files.
+     print **/*.c~file.c   # List all c files, except file.c
+     print (foo|bar).*     # List files whos names start foo or bar.
+     print *~*.*           # 
+     chmod 644 *(.^x)      # make all non-executable files publically readable
+     print -l *(.c|.h)     # List all c and header files on their own lines. 
+     print **/*(g:users:)  # Recursively list files with the group 'users'
+     echo /proc/*/cwd(:h:t:s/self//) # Analogue of >ps ax | awk '{print $1}'<"
+}
+# vim: set syn=zsh: